Device for ornamenting earthenware articles.



PATENTED MAY 1, 1906. F. J. RIDGWAY, J. AYNSLEY & F. HANCOCK.

4 DEVICE FOR ORNAMENTING EARTHENWARE ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6, 1905.

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FREDERICK JOHN RIDGWAY, JOSEPH AYNSLEY, AND FREDERICK HANCOCK, OFSTOKE-UPON-TRENT, ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.ratenteci May 1, 1906.

Application filed December 6,1905. Serial No. 290,529

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FREDERICK JOHN RIDGWAY, JosEPn AYNsLEY, andFREDERICK HANCOCK, subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing atStoke-uponTrent, in the county of Stafl'ord, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Devices for ornamentingEarthenware Articles, of which the following is a specification, such aswill enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to improved apparatus or devices for use inornamenting earthenware mugs and other articles by forming ogee or othergrooves, ribs, and the like around said articles and also for shapingteapot-covers and simila" articles formed from clay or similar materialand the object of the invention is to provide improved apparatus ordevices of this class which dispense with the horizontal lathes andsimilar tools usually employed for this purpose and which are simple inconstruction and operation and may be easily and convenientlymanipulated at a less cost than other devices or apparatus of this classor for this purpose heretofore employed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof our improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional side elevationof a complete apparatus embodying our inven tion and showing the methodof the operation thereof; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof; Fig. 3, a sideview showing the method of finishing or ornamenting the cover of ateapot or similar vessel, and Fig. 4 a plan view of a part of the deviceshown in Figs. 1 and 2 detached.

In the practice of our invention we provide a suitable table or supporta, to which is secured an upright or standard I), on the top of which ispivoted an arm 0, which is adapted to be swung in a horizontal plane,and said arm 0 is provided at one end with a profile former, cutter, orornamentor (Z. Mounted in the table or support (2. adjacent to the upright or standard 6 is a verticallyarranged shaft 6, and in practice theshaft 6 is rotated, and any suitable means may be provided for thispurpose. The upper end of the shaft (Z is provided with a table or head0 on which in practice is placed a mold or holder 6, com posed ofplaster-of-paris, clay, or any suitable material and connected with thetable 01' head 6' in any desired manner, and which is so formed as tosnugly fit the interior of a goblet or mug f or any other article whichit is de sired to place thereon so as to rotate or turn with the shaftc.

The tool (Z, which constitutes the profile cutter or former, ispreferably composed of a strip of sheet-steel bent into yoke shape, soas to form two parallel sides (1 connected by a cross-head member (Zwhich is curved transversely in the form of construction shown, so as toform an ogee curve, and the goblet or mug f in practice while in theplastic condition is placed on the head 6 of the shaft 6 and is turnedwith said shaft. In this operation the arm 0 is manipulated in suchmanner that the profile 'fOI'Il'lBl or cutter (1 will cut a groovearound the base of the goblet or mug f, which is ogee-shaped incross-section, this being the form of the end of the profile-cuttershown in the drawings. It will be apparent, however, that the ornamentalgrooves cut around the base of the goblet or mug f may be made of anydesired shape in crosssection by correspondingly forming the end of theprofile former or cutter d.

By constructing the profile former or cutter d in the manner describedthere is a transverse opening it" between the end thereof and the end ofthe arm 0, and this enables the material cut from the goblet or mug ftopass through the cutter or former (Z and prevent the clogging thereof.

In Fig. 4 the side members (1 of the former or cutter (l are shown asprovided in the end thereof with recesses (i through which a bolt 9 maybe passed in securing said former or cutter to the arm 0, and in thisconnection washers h are also employed, which aid the bolt in holdingthe former or cutter on said arm; but our invention is not limited toany particular means for securing the former or cutter to the arm 0, andany suitable devices may be employed for this purpose.

In Fig. 3 we have shown a modification of the former or cutter in whichthe cross-head member (Z thereof is so formed as to give a predeterminedshape or profile to the cover it of a teapot or other vessel, and itwill be apparent that the end portion (Z of the cutter 01 profile-formermay be given any desired form, and our invention is not limited to anyparticular form or shape of the cutter d, and in some cases the saidcutter may be formed integrally with the arm 0, if desired.

It will also be apparent that any kind or class of vessels composed ofpottery or similar material may in this manner be ornamented bycircularly or annularly arranged grooves or figures of any desired shapein cross-section, and changes in and modifica tions of the constructionherein described may be made without departing from the spirit of ourinvention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An apparatus of the class described, comprising a suitable support, astandard mounted thereon, an arm mounted on said standard and adapted toswing in a horizontal plane and provided at one end with a cutter, and arotatable holder mounted on said support adjacent to said standard,substantially as shown and described.

,2. In an apparatus of the class described, an arm pivoted to swing in ahorizontal plane and provided at one end with a former, and ,a rotatableholder mounted adjacent to said arm and adapted to support a goblet orother article to be operated on by said former, substantially as shownand described.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a pivoted arm adapted toswing. in a horizontal plane provided at one end with a cutter or formercomposed of sheet metal bent into comprising a frame, a rotatablesupport mounted thereon, an arm-support mounted adjacent to therotatable support, and an arm pivotally mounted on said arm-support andadapted. to swing in a horizontal plane,

and provided with a cutter or former composed of sheet metal bent intoyoke shape, subtantially as shown and described. I

6. In an apparatus of the class described, a support, a rotatable holdermounted thereon and adapted to support a goblet or other article, and anarm mounted over said support and adapted to swing in a horizontal planeand provided at one end with a cutter or former adapted to operate onthe outer surface of the goblet or other article, substantially as shownand described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 10th day ofNovember, 1905.

FREDERICK JOHN RIDGWAY. JOSEPH AYNSLEY.

' FREDERICK HANCOCK.

Witnesses:

THoMAs JOHN HEAPHY, THOMAS COOPER.

